Question | Answer |
Global warming | A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. |
Climate change | A change in global or regional climate patterns, |
Energy resources | Sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal heat. |
Green resources | Renewable energy. |
Non-renewable resources | Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that comes from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal heat. |
Renewable resources | Nonrenewable resources in that their use is not sustainable because their formation takes billions of years. |
Acid rain | Rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm. |
Pollution | The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects. |
Adapt | Become adjusted to new conditions. |
Depend | Rely on. |
Modify | Make partial or minor changes, typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme |
Natural disaster | A natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life. |
Deforestation | Deforestation is the clearing of trees, transforming a forest into cleared land. |
Reforestation | The action of renewing forest cover (as by natural seeding or by the artificial planting of seeds. |
Positive | A good, affirmative, or constructive quality or attribute. |
Negative | Consisting in or characterized by the absence rather than the presence of distinguishing features. |